In Testing the Hypotheses $H _ { 0 } :$ The Two Population Locations Are the Same

question 48

Essay

In testing the hypotheses: $H _ { 0 } :$ The two population locations are the same $H _ { 1 } :$ The location of population A is to the right of the location of population B,
with data drawn from a matched pairs experiment, the following statistics are calculated: $n = 27$ , $T ^ { + } = 271$ , $T ^ { - } = 107$ .
a. Which test is used in testing the hypotheses above?
b. What is the p-value of this test?

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